Jeeze. Rocky and I just woke up for the day and it’s freezing in here! I had to turn the heater on and make him come snuggle me on the couch for a few minutes to attempt to get warm. 

So yesterday we had our Version appt. scheduled for 1:00p.m. I slept horribly the night before(whats new?) I had a list of things I wanted to do in the morning before we had to go in at 12:30p.m.  But I ended up falling asleep for a while and Mercer didn’t wake me up until 12:05p.m. to get ready. We rushed and made it by 12:40p.m.  We didn’t end up leaving the hospital until 5:00p.m.  It was such a long day. I guess the reason it all was taking so long was cause they had to have a Doctor and O.R. available for me once they started my version, just in case it was needed. 

I spent a good portion of the time just watching the monitors they had me hooked up to cause there was No T.V. (or so we thought) and it was very interesting to see how much the baby’s heart rate fluctuate.  Still waiting, two hours later there is a shift change and a new nurse comes into our room and was awesome. She should us how to use the T.V., we had NO clue it was a T.V. it looked like a monitor or something. So I was in a better mood after that.  Then they give me an IV, a shot, and draw blood. Fine, fine, fine. The shot they gave me gave me the super shakes. I looked like I was freezing. 

When the Doctor did my ultrasound when we got there she informed me of something new. My placenta location. It’s on the right side of me. Which is not a big deal, but makes a breech baby harder to turn, Lovely.  

I had myself pumped up and talked myself into doing this, and was prepared for the pain and was just going to push through it all.

So the two Doctors come back in and start the procedure. The one doc starts by pushing his head. While it is very uncomfortable it wasn’t totally horrible.  And he did eventually budge a little after several tries. Then the other doctor begins trying to push up his legs. Thats when the pain got completely unbearable. I’d like to think I have a high pain tolerance, I”ve been through a lot of shit ya know… But Oh My Goodness! I don’t know what she was pushing his little legs down on but I just started crying. It was so intense, it immediately made my back cramp up with pain and we had to stop. So they did move him a bit and said hopefully that will give him a push in the right direction for him to do the rest on his own.  

I was totally crying after they all left the room and it was just Mercer and I. Pregnancy just makes you so emotional.  I still felt as though I somehow failed… The Doctor told me straight up that it’s going to be pretty hard to get him to turn because of my placenta location but we would give it a shot. Finally after all that, an hour later we got to leave! I was so happy to leave there. I was starving cause I hadn’t eaten all day. They wanted me to only have a small breakfast so less space in the tummy would be taken up.  

So now I have a follow up appt. tuesday morning with my doctor.  She will pretty much just check me out and make sure the baby hasn’t turned and then schedule me the C-Section for some time in my 39th week. I’m just praying that I don’t go into labor before hand.  I’ve been having very small, faint contractions the past week. 

By the time we got to dinner the baby had already moved back into his favorite position . His head right up under neath my ribs on the right side. He said he’s comfy there and doesn’t want to move…So he can stay there! I want him to do what he wants. Part of the reason I was so sad yesterday was cause I didn’t want to hurt him. He’s had it pretty easy so far and it just made me sad thinking about them shoving him around in there and deliberately trying to make him uncomfortable so he would move…So we are excited for his arrival, whichever way he chooses to come. 

It made me reflect a little bit yesterday on how thankful I am to have Mercer. I feel bad for pregnant mother’s that don’t have a good support person. I mean, they could be married and the husband could just be of no help what-so-ever…I’m greatful my support person is my husband and he’s very good at it.  I couldn’t have made it this far wtihout him by my side.  He’s so excited about the baby, it makes me so happy. He was pretty much ready to have him yesterday he said.  

The rest of the night I just relaxed. I was exhausted, and my stomach and back were pretty sore. 

After my next doctors appt. I will update everyone as for what is next!